by HilaryMcKay (Author)
Queens have two birthdays, one on the day they were born and one on the day it would have been most convenient for them to have been born on. It is the convenient one that counts.
This Queen is not a happy little Queen. It's her unofficial birthday and no-one had brought her a present. Not the Prime Minister, not the Treasurer, and not even her lazy Ladies-in-Waiting. All she wants is one small, one very cheap, present. Just because it has four legs and a tail and isn't very easy to wrap up. Shouldn't put anyone off...
Format: Paperback
Pages: 96
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Hodder Children's Books
Published: 13 Jun 2002
ISBN 10: 034064074X
ISBN 13: 9780340640746
Children’s book age: 7-9 Years
Book Overview: Hilary McKay won the Guardian Children's Award and Smarties Grand Prix respectively for her first two books, The Exiles and The Exiles at Home .